On Tue, May 16, 2000 at 05:12:48PM -0500, Rob Browning wrote:
>
> I don't think DB2 violates the DFSG, but I'd have to think harder
> about it to be sure. It doesn't have any discriminating clauses
> against any free software, and I don't think the DFSG cares what
> restrictions are placed on non-free software...
>
This sounds ok then.
They must be making sure that only patches sent in that are
assigned to them are included with the software that they
release. This way they are free to also sell the software
under a different license. Of course, even GPLed software
could be sold under a different license if you got all the
contributors (copyright holders) to agree. In practice it
is too much work to track everyone down so it simply isn't
done - at least I haven't heard of a case of it being done..
--
James (Jay) Treacy
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